Kanyakumari: The Kanyakumari District Railway Users' Association (KDRUA) has appealed to the railway minister and Southern Railway authorities to divert few long distance trains from and to Kanyakumari that now pass through Kerala and re-enter Coimbatore, to be run fully inside Tamil Nadu so that it benefits a large section of people in the southern districts.Secretary of the association, P Edward Jeni said they have been giving representations to the minister and railway authorities for at least three years, whenever they received information that new trains would be plying from other parts of the country to Kanyakumari through Thiruvananthapuram and Ernakulam in Kerala. "But, we have not received a proper reply for our representations over the years," he rued.The...more...

association pointed out that Kanyakumari and nearby districts would benefit if more trains connecting other states ply through Tirunelveli and Madurai as it would help them get easier access to Chennai. "The route through Thiruvananthapuram and Ernakulam is 150km longer, and takes three to four hours more for passengers from Kanyakumari," he said.The KDRUA demanded that train no. 12659/60 Nagercoil - Shalimar Gurudev Weekly Express, train no. 22620/22619 Tirunelveli - Bilaspur Express and train no. 15905/15906 Kanyakumari - Dibrugarh Vivek Weekly Express should be diverted through Madurai and Tirunelveli. "Moreover, the Bilaspur train reaches Tirunelveli at a very inconvenient time," he said.Jeni said they have taken up the issue again as they came to know about a proposal to make the Bilaspur train as a bi-weekly. "Since the railways have turned a deaf ear to our pleas we are planning to move the high court the next time the railways announces long distance trains to Nagercoil, Kanyakumari or Tirunelveli through Thiruvananthapuram and Ernakulam via Coimbatore," he said.

Awesome news - More entertainment for IRI ... :D :D :D.This CAPE association keeps coming up with more demands every few months. Everytime it is published on IRI, all KL members go bonkers. Few weeks ago it was TVC Raj extension to CAPE. KL members were unstoppable for a week, lots of angry posts / poll ......Now...more...

CAPE association is asking for ---- "12659/60 Nagercoil - Shalimar Gurudev Weekly Express, train no. 22620/22619 Tirunelveli - Bilaspur Express and train no. 15905/15906 Kanyakumari - Dibrugarh Vivek Weekly Express should be diverted through Madurai and Tirunelveli" ---- to be run FULLY INSIDE Tamil Nadu ... :D :D :D.First one to comment, lets see how many KL members will go full blast by the time I log-in next :).

train shunted tymly on station .. but its take very long tym to start.. its a regular based thing for gkp passengers.. its happen with so many trains not only this.. bsb intercity, 55119 passenger etc..

Traveled yesterday from Gurugram to Jaipur by 12413 Pooja exp and Jaipur to Gurugram by 12016 shatabdi exp and some observation i made during the journey.......1.) Since it was Sunday evening 12016 was jam packed between Jaipur and Delhi. Despite Being Shatabdi it never went above 105 kmph and most of the time train was traveling at a speed between 100-105 kmph. Train was before at Jaipur then it followed a series of late arrival at Bandikui , Alwar , Rewari and Gurugram. This train use to touch 110 kmph earlier but is there any reason behind decrease of mps in the down direction ?Reached 30 mins late at Gurugram , 15 - 20 min late has become a regular...more...

affair for this train now.... Disappointing how IR is treating its one of the most prestigious train. 2.) Traveled on Pooja Express on Saturday between Gurugram to Jaipur was surprised to observe that the train which was mostly doing around 100 kmph in Gurugram - Rewari Section actually over speeded between Bandikui and Jaipur. Train was comfortably doing around 115 kmph (Screen Shot for reference). Pooja was late by 30 mins at Gurugram and reached around 10:40 at Jaipur. Shatabdi covered and caught pooja at Jaipur station by reaching 10 mins late... so i am assuming it also does 110-115 kmph in New Delhi - Jaipur direction.. now the question arises why is there such difference between up and down mps on this section???Regards

Kanyakumari: The Kanyakumari District Railway Users' Association (KDRUA) has appealed to the railway minister and Southern Railway authorities to divert few long distance trains from and to Kanyakumari that now pass through Kerala and re-enter Coimbatore, to be run fully inside Tamil Nadu so that it benefits a large section of...

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